Originally Posted by
zed3
Buster15... now that you mention it, I remember in the First Gulf War, after the declaration, the Tornados launching from Bruggen. We lived in Montfort on the Dutch side, they went off in the evening and I wished them God's Speed. Later in the following morning they returned and as I had counted them out, I counted them back in again. Aviation is a wonderful fellowship, I worked in ATC at Eurocontrol/Maastricht UAC. Happy days, now behind me. Just my thoughts.
Thank you zed3. I had been reading a book by General Sir John Hackett entitled The Third World War in which Tornado's based in RAF were in actively involved in stricks against Warsaw Pact and it brought it all back to me.